Court Reporter III

STATEMENT OF DUTIES

Provides professional Realtime reporting and transcribing for court proceedings, hearings and conferences.

Employees in this classification have obtained their Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) certification through the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) and have a completion of at least 94% accuracy (the Colorado standard) on one of the following examinations: Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR), Certified Broadcast Captioner (CBC), Certified CART Provider (CCP) through the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA); or the Federal Certified Realtime Reporter (FCRR).

Essential Functions

• Provides real time, verbatim court reporting services through stenographic shorthand for jury trials, preliminary hearings, motions hearings, and any applicable requested court proceedings.
• Manages and maintains records and prioritizes transcript production.
• Prepares required reports and documentation pursuant to Chief Justice Directive 05-03 and local policies and procedures.
• Ensures backup of all stenographic notes, rough drafts, and completed transcripts including reporter dictionaries, CAT software files, and stenographic machine files.
• Affords assistance to team members, works on various hearings and/or trials as a team, shares files and work product, and attends weekly meetings.

Supervisor Responsibilities

Work requires the occasional direction of helpers, assistants, seasonal employees, interns, or temporary employees. The work performed by majority of employees is semi complex. Human Collaboration Work may require providing advice to others outside direct reporting relationships on specific problems or general policies. Contacts may require the consideration of different points of view to reach agreement. Elements of persuasion may be necessary to gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas. Interactions have limited impact.

Knowledge & Skills

Advanced Work requires advanced skills and advanced & extensive knowledge of work. Incumbent can handle complex tasks and translate complex nuances related to aspects of the job. Recognized by others within organization for technical depth of knowledge. Likely impact on organization is standard.

Fiscal Responsibility

Position has no fiscal responsibility.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Equivalency: Associate's degree or 2 years of college. OR Additional work experience in these or other related fields may be substituted on a year for year basis for the required formal education.
• Work Related Experience: 1 to 3 years of court reporting experience.
• Licenses And Certifications: RPR certification through the NCRA plus meet Colorado standard for Realtime (94% accuracy on one of the applicable exams).